The insect woman = Nippon konchūki

The insect woman Nippon konchūki

にっぽん昆虫記 /

DVD - 2009

Portrays 45 years in the life of a woman and her struggles to survive. The story progresses from her life as a country girl to her years as a successful and ruthless madam in Tokyo and back again to her native village.

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Subjects
Women > Japan > Social conditions > 20th century > Drama.
Prostitution > Japan > Drama.
Prostitution.
Sex work.
Sexual practices.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genres
Feature films
Fiction films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Published
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection [2009]
Language
Japanese
English
Corporate Author
Nikkatsu Kabushiki Kaisha, 日活株式会社
Corporate Author
Nikkatsu Kabushiki Kaisha, 日活株式会社 (production company)
Other Authors
Kano Ōtsuka (film producer), Jirō Tomoda (film director), Shōhei Imamura, 1926-2006 (screenwriter), Keiji Hasebe (actor), Seizaburo Kawazu (interviewee), Kazuo Kitamura, 1927-2007, Tanie Kitabayashi, 1911-2010, Teruko Kishi, Sachiko Hidari, Keiko Aizawa, Emiko Azuma, 1924-2010, Sumie Sasaki, 1928-2019, Hiroyuki Nagato, 1934-2011, Shigeru Tsuyuguchi, Asao Koike, 1931-1985, Jitsuko Yoshimura, 1943-, Masumi Harukawa, 1935-, Daizaburō Hirata, Tony Rayns
Edition
Special edition ; DVD edition
Item Description
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1963.
Wide screen (2.35:1).
Issued in box set with title: Pigs, pimps & prostitutes : 3 films by Shohei Imamura (Criterion collection ; 471).
Special features: conversation between Imamura and Tadao Sato about the film ; interview with Tony Rayns.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (123 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in
Format
DVD ; NTSC, region 1 ; Dolby Digital mono.
Audience
Not rated.
Production Credits
Cinematographer, Shinsuku Himeda ; music, Toshiro Mayuzumi ; art, Kimihiko Nakamura ; editor, Mutsuo Tanji.
ISBN
9781604651539
9781604651553
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